He said ever since the late ’80s and early ’90s, the drug has devastated his area.

“I know grandparents that are getting high with grandkids,” Siebert said.

Siebert said meth is now coming in truck loads instead of being made in home labs, and “it’s more potent now, and it’s cheaper now.”

Area officials told ABC 17 News on Monday that despite a massive decrease in meth labs the drug remains a powerful force in Missouri. Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said his department is on track to make 83 percent more meth arrests in 2018 than in 2017.